Discover
Britain - the country, its life, its issues
Essential
information for tourists and visitors planning a trip to Britain.
Britain is
different..... so they say. And even if many aspects of
life in Britain will be familiar to people from othe countries, others
will not. There's
Sterling,
the British currency, to start
with. And even if the time is long past when a British pound
was divided into shillings and pennies, it's good to know what a pound
is worth and how prices are referred to. And there's
driving on the
left, or discovering British
eating
habits... and
drinking
habits, or
what to do in an
emergency
in Britain. All this is useful and
even essential information for anyone planning a visit to the UK.
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British institutions,
and the main issues of the day
A section for
students and anyone wishing to understand how Britain works.
Britain is deeply divided over the issue of
Brexit.
As the deadline for
Britain leaving European Union draws nearer, polls suggest that a
majority of people in the UK now do not want Brexit to happen Discover
the
arguments.
But in this part of About-Britain.com, you can
also discover
Britain's institutions,
Parliament,
politics, the
Health
Service,
local
administration, and other aspects of governance.
And
understand
why Britain is one of the very few countries in the world that does not
have a
constitution.
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Where to
go in Britain - cities, areas, countryside
Britain is not just
London.
In this section, discover what to do and see in
London, and how to
make the most of a visit to the British capital. But
find out about the other great cities in the United Kingdom,
Birmingham,
Edinburgh, Bristol and more, or
Oxford and
Cambridge; and
discover the wealth of diversity of the British countryside, from the
thatched cottages of the
southwest
to the mountains and moors of the
north.
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Heritage
tourism - Visiting Britain by theme
For visitors and
for domestic tourists, where are the best museums, the best cathedrals,
and the best of other kinds of attraction?
With thousands
of years of history, Britain has a fabulous historic heritage.
About-Britain.com has selected the best attractions among the hundreds
of thousands that Britain has to offer – the best
museums and
art galleries, the best castles, the best
cathedrals,
the best
living
history museums, the best
steam railways,
and more..
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